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Duncan Grant

(8,262 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 08:35 PM Apr 2020

Morality test for photographers

This takes less than one minute and is incredibly accurate...well worth the little bit of effort.

This test has only one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer you will discover where you stand morally.

THE SITUATION:

You are in Miami with chaos all around you caused by a hurricane. There is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.

THE TEST:

Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is fighting for his life trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow the man looks like...good heavens - it's Donald Trump! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under forever.

YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS:

You can save the life of President Trump OR you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the last minutes of one of the world's most powerful men.

THE QUESTION:

Would you

A) select high contrast colour film,

OR

B) go with the classic simplicity of black and white?

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Morality test for photographers (Original Post) Duncan Grant Apr 2020 OP
I'd go with color. The contrast of the orange of his face, along with The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #1
Shoot it with a digital camera at 22ffs so I could get every last Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #2
LOL! Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #3
Oh that's good! Talitha Apr 2020 #4
hah! gotta good laugh out of that one... dhill926 Apr 2020 #5
Wouldn't that be a Noble Prize? captain queeg Apr 2020 #6
Use a harpoon, and steel cable. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #10
No, that would be a Pulitzer. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #11
Well played... flying rabbit Apr 2020 #7
I'd go for a third choice randr Apr 2020 #8
Here's another plan RainCaster Apr 2020 #9
A, you can always 2naSalit Apr 2020 #12
B. more dramatic than color, more flexible in post processing. alfredo Apr 2020 #13
Hehehe Soph0571 Apr 2020 #14

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,659 posts)
1. I'd go with color. The contrast of the orange of his face, along with
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 08:39 PM
Apr 2020

the urine-yellow of his hair and his red tie, would be so striking against the dark, murky water.

captain queeg

(10,148 posts)
6. Wouldn't that be a Noble Prize?
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 08:54 PM
Apr 2020

I’d try to switch to video to really capture it all. Besides I’m not strong enough to pull 350 lbs of blubber out of the water.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
10. Use a harpoon, and steel cable.
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 09:09 PM
Apr 2020

Attach the cable to your bumper, and accelerate. Stop when it is safe to do so, perhaps 1/2 mile inland.
(Joking, of course)

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